Rating
7.8 (5)
Distillery:
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling
Whisky type:
Bourbon
Country:
United States
Website:
Source:
Ranger Creek

The story of Ranger Creek

What we do

Ranger Creek is a combined brewery/distillery proudly located in San Antonio, TX. We make beer and whiskey in our “brewstillery”, and we make it by hand one batch at a time with lots of love and attention. We like to focus on the relationship between beer and whiskey. As a combined operation, we can do things to highlight this relationship that no one else can, like age our own beer in our own bourbon barrels and distill our beers into whiskeys. We also use much of the same equipment to make both our beer and our whiskey, and we can do this because there are a lot of similarities between the two processes. It’s actually really cool to see, and we invite you to come take a tour and learn about it for yourself.

What we stand for

We believe in using local ingredients to make quality products by hand. Sometimes we make them in traditional ways, and sometimes we experiment to create new and interesting things. We think our beer and whiskey are best enjoyed paired with great local food and in good company. Beer and whiskey are fantastic products with fascinating histories that only get more interesting as you learn about them. We love to talk about them, educate people about what we know, and learn from all the great homebrewers, chefs, and industry folks we have the pleasure to talk to.

Where we came from

TJ, Dennis, and Mark met coming out of business school while working for the same San Antonio corporation. They quickly realized that they were three guys with a passion for beer and whiskey, entrepreneurial ambition, and a growing discontent for corporate life. They joined the UFO club at the Flying Saucer and started discussing business ideas. They started homebrewing together. It was pretty fun.“Let’s start a brewery”, they said. “We love beer, and as the 7th largest city in the U.S. with a rich brewing heritage, San Antonio seems to deserve a proper microbrewery.” So they started writing their microbrewery business plan.“No wait, let’s start a distillery”, they said. “We love whiskey, and Texans will love to drink a whiskey made in Texas. Plus, the craft distilling movement is about to explode.” So they started writing their microdistillery business plan.“Hold on, what about the brewery? Here’s an idea. Let’s do both! We love beer, we love whiskey, and it turns out that a lot of people are pretty excited about local beer and local whiskey. Plus, it makes pretty good business sense.”And with two business plans already mostly written, things started to click. We set up the business, raised some money (thanks, Chase!), ordered our equipment from Bavarian Holstein, started making test batches, found a building, and turned this Ranger Creek idea into a pretty cool business that we are excited about.

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